Vienna, 19 Jan 18:58 – (Nova Agency) – Austria today records a new record of new coronavirus cases: almost 30,000 in the last 24 hours. This was announced by the canceller Karl Nehammer at a press conference. “We have nearly 30,000 infections. This is a frighteningly high figure, “he said in reference to the exponential increase in the last few days of the epidemic curve due to the Omicron variant. The previous record of new daily cases was a week ago and stood at 17,006. The Ministry of Health announced after Nehammer’s statements that the new cases registered in the last were 27,677. The Austrian Chancellor found that the occupancy rate of the places in the intensive care units remained within the expected limits or lower due to the incidence of new variant. (Geb)

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